HAMPSHIRE’S teenage girls are being urged to continue their fight against cervical cancer and get all three jabs.

To mark European Cervical Cancer Week nurses are running special evening clinics for girls who have received their first vaccine against the disease but who have missed their second and third.

Many girls across Southampton aged between 16 and 19 have had their first human papillomavirus vaccination (HPV) at school, college or university, but have failed to get the remaining two jabs.

So Southampton Community Healthcare’s HPV nurses have launched these special clinics to ensure as many girls as possible receive the full HPV vaccine programme.

Dr Ros Tolcher said: “The HPV vaccine reduces the risk of women getting cervical cancer by 70 per cent but they are not fully protected unless they have all three vaccinations.”

For more call the Southampton Community Healthcare HPV admin team on 023 8071 6611.